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Downtown '81

07/13/2001

|

1hr 12min

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Drama

,Comedy

,Music

STORY

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Saul Williams
  • Anna Shroeder
  • Debbie Harry
  • Giorgio Giomelsky

    Directors

  • Edo Bertoglio
  • Pamela French

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • New York Beat Films

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Mandarin
  • English
  • Japanese
  • Spanish

Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean (archive footage)

Saul Williams

Jean's Narration (voice)

Anna Shroeder

Beatrice

Debbie Harry

Fairy Godmother

Giorgio Giomelsky

Landlord

Coati Mundi

Self

Debi Mazar

Peppermint Lounge Dancer

George Quinones

Graffiti Artist

Walter Steding

Self

Steven Brown

Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon

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